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Moral Quotes by Samuel Adams
- He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is…
- The diminution of public virtue is usually attended with that of public happiness, and the public liberty will not long survive the total extinction of…
- Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.
- Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals.
- Of how much importance is it, that the utmost pains be taken by the public to have the principles of virtue early inculcated on the…
- It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and…
- The eyes of mankind will be upon you to see whether the Government, which is now more popular than it has been for many years…
More Moral Quotes
- Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave… — Aristotle
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
- Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. — Isaac Asimov
- Ethics are not necessarily to do with being law-abiding. I am very interested in the moral path, doing the right thing. — Kate Atkinson
- It's a moral question about whether we have the right to exterminate species. — David Attenborough
- Morals are built on religious faith. Virtue is built on morality and influences a culture. — Michele Bachmann
- It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. — Francis Bacon
- Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. — Lord Acton
- Trust should be the basis for all our moral training. — Robert Baden-Powell
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
- When law becomes despotic, morals are relaxed, and vice versa. — Honore de Balzac